hot yoga

noun

Yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions.

Meanings

nounhot yoga (uncountable)
  1. uncountableYoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions.

    […] Yoga on the Ball, Hot Yoga, and Yoga Mama (for pregnant women).

    1998, Lyn Skreczko, Virginia Bell, The Manhattan Health Pages: A Resource Guide to Educate, Pamper, and Inspire You
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    BARON BAPTISTE'S HOT YOGA LEVEL 1: POWER YOGA BASICS For intermediate to advanced students. Great fun and a challenge even for the very fit. Be prepared to sweat buckets.

    1999, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman

    Given how difficult and complicated it can be to keep a room heated to hot yoga levels, it could be quite pricey.

    2009, John Philp, Yoga, Inc.: A Journey Through the Big Business of Yoga, page 55

    For one, “back then, it wasn’t about getting the right workout look,” said Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, the founder of Lingua Franca. Less green juice, less hot yoga, more walks of shame.

    2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, quoting Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025

Translations

Arabic اليوغا الساخنة
  • اليوغا الساخنة (al-yūgā as-sākhina)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
Bengali গরম যোগ, উষ্ণযোগ
  • গরম যোগ (gorom jōg)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • উষ্ণযোগ (uśnojōg)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
Chinese Mandarin 熱瑜伽 /热瑜伽, 高溫瑜伽 /高温瑜伽
  • 熱瑜伽 /热瑜伽 (rèyújiā)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • 高溫瑜伽 /高温瑜伽 (gāowēn yújiā)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • 熱力瑜伽 /热力瑜伽 (rèlì yújiā)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
Finnish lämpöjooga
  • lämpöjoogayoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
French yoga chaud
  • yoga chaudyoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
German Bikram-Yoga
  • Bikram-Yogayoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
Hindi उष्णयोग, उष्ण योग
  • उष्णयोग (uṣṇayog)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • उष्ण योग (uṣṇa yog)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • गर्म योग (garm yog)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
Japanese ホットヨガ, 高温ヨガ
  • ホットヨガyoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
  • 高温ヨガ (kōon yoga)yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions
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APA

hot yoga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20yoga

MLA

“hot yoga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20yoga. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot yoga,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20yoga.

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